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2010 Family Circle Cup

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Date
  
April 12 – April 18

Edition
  
38th

The 2010 Family Circle Cup was a women's tennis event on the 2010 WTA Tour, which took place from April 12 to April 18. The event was hosted at the Family Circle Tennis Center, in Charleston, South Carolina, United States. It was the second and last event of the clay court season played on green clay. The total prize money offered at this tournament was US$700,000.

Contents

Seeds

  • Rankings are as of April 5, 2010.

    • Other entrants

    The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

  • Mallory Cecil
  • Carly Gullickson
  • Alison Riske

    • The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

  • Monique Adamczak (as a Lucky Loser)
  • Catalina Castaño
  • Sophie Ferguson
  • Ekaterina Ivanova
  • Christina McHale
  • Chanelle Scheepers
  • Anna Tatishvili
  • Mashona Washington
  • Heather Watson

    • Notable Withdrawals

    The following players withdrew from the tournament for various reasons:

  • Kateryna Bondarenko (left knee injury)
  • Dominika Cibulková (right groin injury)
  • Alisa Kleybanova (bilateral plantar fasciitis)
  • Sabine Lisicki (left ankle injury)
  • Maria Sharapova (right elbow bone bruise)
  • Serena Williams (left knee injury)

    • Singles

    Samantha Stosur def. Vera Zvonareva, 6–0, 6–3

  • It was Stosur's first title of the year and second of her career.

    • Doubles

    Liezel Huber / Nadia Petrova def. Vania King / Michaëlla Krajicek, 6–3, 6–4

    References

    2010 Family Circle Cup Wikipedia
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